Multiple mode display apparatus
A multiple mode display apparatus and methods of use. An apparatus includes a display surface with a first and a second display area. A housing pivotally attached with the display proximate a first edge of the housing is displaceable from a coplanar position with the surface of the display device to a position wherein an angle of at least 90 degrees between the surface of the display and the housing is formed along said first edge. In the first position, the first display area is visible and activated to receive user input or to display output. The second display area is covered by the housing and placed in a mode of reduced power consumption. In the second position, the second display area is visible and activated to display output.
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This Application is a continuation (and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §120) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/094,068 filed on Apr. 26, 2011, and entitled MULTIPLE MODE DISPLAY APPARATUS, which application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/588,070 filed on Oct. 24, 2006, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,932,894, which application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/185,154, filed Jun. 27, 2002, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,126,588. The disclosure of the prior Applications are considered part of and are incorporated by reference in the disclosure of this Application.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSUREToday, a personal computing and/or communicating device such as a laptop or notebook computer, for example, or a tablet or palm-held computer, has a single typical mode of use. The display of a tablet computer, for example, may be touch-sensitive for interactive user input by a stylus or pen-like device. A notebook, on the other hand, may accept interactive user input through a keyboard or a pointing device such as a mouse or a touch pad. While personal computing and/or communicating devices are rapidly changing, with new technologies for displays, pointing devices, keyboards and such, the mode of interactive user input for a particular device is typically limited to a small number of fixed functional options with some support for the addition of peripheral devices and docking configurations.
Another common characteristic of current personal computing and/or communicating devices is the importance of battery life. System manufacturers go to great lengths to conserve power and charge premiums for the latest battery technologies. Processors have design features such as automatic frequency reduction directed at limiting power consumption and display devices dim backlighting when on battery power. Systems put themselves into a standby mode after a period of no user input or when power reserves reach a critical level.
At times, it may be inconvenient for a user to have such a limited range of options. A particular user may most often need to interact with a device while holding the device in one hand, but must store or carry along one or more peripherals in order to read data from a disk or to interact with the device through a keyboard or view a full color display. If an extra battery is not readily available, the user may be forced to terminate interactive use of the device until an alternative power source is available. This situation is especially prevalent since current display devices require a significant portion of a battery's power reserves. A user carrying a notebook computer may not require a full color display or even a keyboard to read email but the device may not be so flexible as to permit easy reconfiguration.
The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings.
Disclosed herein is a multiple mode display apparatus and methods of use. One embodiment of an apparatus includes a display surface with a first and a second display area. A housing pivotally attached with the display proximate a first edge of the housing is displaceable from a coplanar position with the surface of the display device to a position wherein an angle of at least 90 degrees between the surface of the display and the housing is formed along said first edge. In the first position, the first display area is visible and activated to receive user input or to display output, but the second display area is covered by the housing and placed in a mode of reduced power consumption. In the second position, the second display area is visible and activated to display output.
These and other embodiments of the present invention may be realized in accordance with the following teachings and it should be evident that various modifications and changes may be made in the following teachings without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than restrictive sense and the invention measured only in terms of the claims and their equivalents.
or the purpose of the following discussion of embodiments of the present invention, illustrative terms are used. Definitions for certain such illustrative terms follows.
A computing device or a communicating device may be understood to mean any one of a variety of devices for accessing data and/or communications. Examples include but are not limited to any combinations of one or more of the following: laptop computers, notebook computers; desktop computers, personal digital assistants, handheld computers, personal organizers; palmtop computers, pocket computers, cellular telephone/fax devices, game computers, digitizing tablet devices, electronic books, or digital audio recorder/players.
A keyboard or a key-entry device may be understood to mean any one of a variety of devices for keyed entry of data, including but not limited to a combination of one or more of the following: an alpha-numeric keyboard having symbols of any language; a telephone keypad having numeric or alpha-numeric keys and/or various redial, memory-dial, messaging or other function keys and optionally including a glide-point or other pointing device; a numeric keypad with various mathematical operation keys; a directional keypad with arrows, menus or selection keys; a gaming keypad; an entertainment or presentation key-entry device with various seek, scan, play, reverse, fast-forward, channel select, volume control, level control or other function keys; a cash register keyboard; or any custom key-entry device having mechanical, electronic, printed, projected or other type of keys for user interaction.
A display may be understood to mean any one of a variety of devices for displaying data, images, icons, etc. It may comprise a continuous or discontinuous, flat, curved or flexible display surface including but not limited to a combination of one or more of the following technologies: liquid crystal with amorphous silicon thin-film transistor, metal-insulator-metal, or polysilicon thin-film transistor active matrix displays or liquid crystal with color super-twist nematic, double-layer supertwist nematic, high performance addressing, or dual scan passive matrix displays; back lit displays; electroluminescent displays; gas plasma displays; plasma addressed liquid crystal displays; digital visual interface displays; field emission displays; cathode ray tube displays; thin cold cathode displays; organic light-emitting diode displays; light-emitting polymer displays; touch screen displays using multi-wire resistive, surface wave, touch-on-tube, or infrared touch sensing; interlaced or progressive scanned displays; heads-up displays; back-projecting displays; reflective displays; or holographic autostereoscopic displays.
It will be appreciated that the invention can may be modified in arrangement and detail by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention within the scope of the accompanying claims and their equivalents.
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In processing block 1711 a key-entry housing is being pivoted about an edge of a display. Processing then proceeds in processing block 1712. In processing block 1712 a check is performed to see if a change in angle is sensed. If not, processing continues in processing block 1712 until a change is sensed. Otherwise, processing proceeds in processing block 1713 where the angle is checked to see if it is substantially ninety (90) degrees or more. If so, processing proceeds in processing block 1717 where the first interactive user configuration is initiated and processing then continues in processing block 1712 until another change in angle is sensed. Otherwise, processing proceeds in processing block 1714 where the angle is checked to see if it is substantially zero (0) degrees. If so, processing proceeds in processing block 1716 where the second interactive user configuration is initiated and processing then continues in processing block 1712 until another change in angle is sensed. Otherwise, processing proceeds in processing block 1715 where no change in interactive user configuration is initiated and processing returns to processing block 1712 until a new change in angle is sensed.
The above description is intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention. From the discussion above it should also be apparent that especially in such an area of technology, where growth is fast and further advancements are not easily foreseen, the invention can may be modified in arrangement and detail by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention within the scope of the accompanying claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A computing system comprising
- a multimode computing device including, a base having a bottom surface and a top surface comprising a touch pad; a keyboard; and a display coupled to the base including a front surface and a back surface via a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism to further couple the keyboard to the base and the display, the hinge mechanism capable to axially pivot the base, the keyboard and the display independently, the front surface of the display comprising a liquid crystal display that is touch sensitive to accept interactive user input; wherein the multimode computing device is capable to be positioned in a plurality of modes including but not limited to: a tablet mode comprising the back surface of the display adjacent to the bottom surface of the base; a notebook mode comprising the front surface of the display at substantially 90 degrees from the top surface of the base; a third mode comprising the back surface of the display at substantially 90 degrees from the bottom surface of the base; and a fourth mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at an angle behind the back surface of the display to support the multimode computing device.
2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the keyboard is to be deactivated in the fourth mode.
3. The computing system of claim 2, wherein the keyboard is also to be deactivated in the third mode.
4. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the keyboard is also to be deactivated in the tablet mode.
5. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising sensing logic to sense an angle between the display and the base.
6. An apparatus comprising;
- logic to sense an angle between a base of a computing device and a display of the computing device, wherein a display screen is disposed on a front surface of the display, wherein the display is coupled to the base via a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism to further couple a keyboard to the base and the display, the hinge mechanism capable to axially pivot the base, the keyboard and the display independently, the hinge mechanism to axially pivot the display in a plurality of modes including but not limited to a first mode comprising a bottom surface of the base adjacent to and coplanar with a back surface of the display, a second mode comprising a top surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the front surface of the display, a third mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display, and a fourth mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at an angle behind the back surface of the display to support the computing device; and
- logic to deactivate the keyboard in response to the angle between the keyboard and the display screen being greater than a predetermined angle.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display screen comprises a liquid crystal, back lit, light-emitting display with touch capability.
8. An method comprising;
- sensing an angle between a base of a computing device and a display of the computing device, wherein a display screen is disposed on a front surface of the display, wherein the display is coupled to the base via a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism to further couple a keyboard to the base and the display, the hinge mechanism capable to axially pivot the base, the keyboard and the display independently, the hinge mechanism to axially pivot the display in a plurality of modes including but not limited to a first mode comprising a bottom surface of the base adjacent to and coplanar with a back surface of the display, a second mode comprising a top surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the front surface of the display, a third mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display, and a fourth mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at an angle behind the back surface of the display to support the computing device; and
- deactivating the keyboard in response to the angle between the keyboard and the display screen being greater than a predetermined angle.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the display screen comprises a liquid crystal, back lit, light-emitting display with touch capability.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including code, when executed, to cause a multimode computing device to:
- sense an angle between a base of a computing device and a display of the computing device, wherein a display screen is disposed on a front surface of the display, wherein the display is coupled to the base via a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism to further couple a keyboard to the base and the display, the hinge mechanism capable to axially pivot the base, the keyboard and the display independently, the hinge mechanism to axially pivot the display in a plurality of modes including but not limited to a first mode comprising a bottom surface of the base adjacent to and coplanar with a back surface of the display, a second mode comprising a top surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the front surface of the display, a third mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at a substantially 90 degree angle from the back surface of the display, and a fourth mode comprising the bottom surface of the base at an angle behind the back surface of the display to support the computing device; and
- deactivate the keyboard in response to the angle between the keyboard and the display screen being greater than a predetermined angle.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the display screen comprises a liquid crystal, back lit, light-emitting display with touch capability.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 2, 2014
Date of Patent: Sep 19, 2017
Patent Publication Number: 20150153786
Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa, Clara, CA)
Inventor: Nicholas W. Oakley (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Carolyn R Edwards
Assistant Examiner: Mansour M Said
Application Number: 14/558,590
International Classification: G06F 1/16 (20060101); G06F 1/32 (20060101); G02F 1/1333 (20060101);